Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-21
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


-Gayarre, the Spanish tenor. re-
ceived $40, 600 for the fifty nights af tine
opera season at Madrid.
The highest price ever paid for a
book in Germany is s1,6 That sum
was given the other day at Cologne for
copy of the original Latin edition of
the Letters of Columbus" printed in
1893.
I'm Prussia more than one-half of
the country is owned by people whose
yearly income ranges from 1925 to $412,
and IS per cent. of the property is
owned by those who are comparatively
poor.-St. Louis Republican
The system of boycotting was bor-
rowed from India 1t is there more op-
pressive than in any other country in
the world, and is exercised for the most
trifing cause. 1t is social custom
there, but very strong one.-Chscago
Times
Recent explorations in New Zea-
land show that vegetation is making
its appearance on the debris spread
over the face of the country during the
volcanic eruptions. A portion of the
Pink terrace has been found, and it is
believed the White terrace is still in
tact and covered with mud. Chicago
Tribune.
A deaf and dumb printing Office
has been opened at Berlin for the pur-
pose of instructing intelligent boys in
the art preservative. 1t has taken the
form of private institution. where
the boys will also be cared for in case
of sickness and their general educa-
ton looked after.
The project of flooding a portion
of Algeria from the sea has been
abandoned, but it seems that large
tracts may be covered with water from
other sources. DeLesseps reports to
the French Academy that single ar
tesian well bored in 1885 is yielding
some 1000 gallons minute, and has
formed considerable lake thirty feet
deep, retaining from 1000 to 1, 500
acres of waste land.
"A German physician, DR.. Meuli-Hil-
ty. writes that he has slept with his feet
higher than his head for the past four
years, and after so long an experience
with this novel position in sleeping, he
recommends it highly. He explains
that by so doing the brain receives a
better blood-supply. is better nourished,
and the sleeper awakes more refreshed
and capable of better work than the
man who sleeps with his head on pill
low. He further claims for this mode
of decubitus that it favors a more plen-
tiful supply of blood to the apices of
the lungs, that portion which is prone
to consumption, and that it is therefore
prophylactic against phthisis.
-Bertron is dead at the age of
eighty-two. He was the "candidat
humain." who since 1857 has been
candidate, as model representative
of the human race. at every general
election. Usually he has polled one
vote, his own. He was little gray.
haired man, who always wore a Pana-
ma hat, fine broadcloth clothes, and
huge stoga boots. He was very rich,
and amused himself between elections
in cultivating one of the finest pear
orchards in France. All the ripe fruit
he gave to the poor. Last year he
telegraphed to all the sovereigns of
Europe, inviting them to dine with him
at prominent cafe in Paris.
Brazil has 5, 597 miles Of railroad.
The Argentine Republic has 8, 994 miles,
of which nearly half is controlled by
the State and the Province of Buenos
Ayres, the rest being owned by private
companies. Bolivia has % miles of
railroad; Chilli 1,377. Of the Gillian
railways. the State controls rather
more than one third. The railways of
the United States of Colombia are 140
miles in length, and are controlled by
private companies. Paraguay has As
miles of railroad and Peru !, $50, Uru-
quay 27O and Venezuela 272 miles. -
~ o. Times Democrat